Pinhas Rutenberg
Russian-Jewish engineer (1879–1942)
Pinhas Rutenberg (Russian: Пётр Моисеевич Рутенберг, romanized: Pyotr Moiseyevich Rutenberg; Hebrew: פנחס רוטנברג; 5 February 1879 – 3 January 1942) was a Russian-Jewish businessman, hydraulic engineer and political activist. In Russia, he was a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party and fled due to the Bolshevik Revolution.2
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Born Feb 5, 1879, died Jan 3, 1942.1
About
During World War I, he was among the founders of the Jewish Legion and of the American Jewish Congress. Later, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and used his education and diplomacy to obtain a concession for production and distribution of electric power and founded the Palestine Electric Corporation in 1923, currently the Israel Electric Corporation. A vocal and committed Zionist, Rutenberg also participated in establishing the Haganah, and founded Palestine Airways. He subsequently served as a president of the Jewish National Council.
From Wikipedia’s article on Pinhas Rutenberg, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Israel Electric CorporationFounder12
- Palestine AirwaysFounder13
Early life and education
- Date not recordedSaint Petersburg State Institute of Technology3
Career
Occupation: writer, engineer, civil engineer.8
- Date not recordedFounded Kiryat Haim4
- Date not recordedFounded Palestine Airways5
- Date not recordedFounded Israel Electric Corporation6
- Date not recordedFounded Haifa first power plant7
Personal life
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- 1WikidataPinhas Rutenberg on Wikidata
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